--- title: wait, did the giant's two heads both get chopped off? — English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Ki… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, did the giant's two heads both get chopped off? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1959 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the captives, beats the two-headed giant Thunderdell, then wins a duke's daughter from a giant and conjurer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1959-pg7439-part18/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Ki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1959-pg7439-part18/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the… wait, did the giant's two heads both get chopped off? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, do, chop off · **To what, where:** two heads This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1959 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the captives, beats the two-headed giant Thunderdell, then wins a duke's daughter from a giant and conjurer» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1959-pg7439-part18/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1959-pg7439-part18:t5:1 # text = wait, did the giant's two heads both get chopped off? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 get get AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 chopped chop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **chop off** | present · passive | | the giant's two heads | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} nah, Jack only chopped off one head, and the other one ran off into the forest to hide ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1959-pg7439-part18:t5:o1:1 # text = nah, Jack only chopped off one head, and the other one ran off into the forest to hide 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 chopped chop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 off off ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop off** | past | Jack | one head | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 2 | **run off** | past | the other one | | | | | into the forest *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into forest=Result | | 3 | **hide** | to-infinitive | the other one *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, Jack cut off one head and the other one kept shouting at him, so Jack had to chase it around the castle yard until it finally fell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1959-pg7439-part18:t5:o2:1 # text = nah, Jack cut off one head and the other one kept shouting at him, so Jack had to chase it around the castle yard until it finally fell 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 shouting shout VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 xcomp _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 chase chase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 around around ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 until until SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 finally finally ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut off** | past | Jack | one head | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | | 2 | **keep** | past | the other one | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | the other one *not said here* | | | | | at Jack | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | past | Jack | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **chase** | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | head | | | | around the castle yard | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme around yard=Trajectory | | 6 | **fall** | past | head | | | | | finally *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, Jack cut them both off, gutted for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1959-pg7439-part18:t5:o3:1 # text = yeah, Jack cut them both off, gutted for him 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 both both ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 off off ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | past | Jack | them *= they* | | | | off *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product | | 2 | **gut** | participle | Jack *not said here* | | | | | for Jack | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, Jack lopped them both off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1959-pg7439-part18:t5:o4:1 # text = yeah, Jack lopped them both off 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lopped lop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 both both ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 off off ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lop** | past | Jack | them *= they* | | | | off *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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